Guide to Colorado’s Open Records and Open Meetings Laws
The open meetings law states: “No adoption of any proposed policy, position, resolution, rule, regulation, or formal action (except the approval of executive session minutes) shall occur at any executive session that is not open to the public.”. C.R.S. § 24-6 …
Seven things to know about how Colorado’s open records law is …
Jun 1, 2017 · By Jeffrey A. Roberts CFOIC Executive Director. When Gov. John Hickenlooper signed Senate Bill 17-040 on Thursday, he ratified a long-overdue update to the Colorado Open Records Act, which hadn’t been modernized in more than 20 years.
Silverthorne pays $9,500 settlement to ‘First Amendment auditor ...
Aug 30, 2020 · Summit Daily: The town of Silverthorne agreed to pay a settlement of $9,500 after police asked a man filming inside the Silverthorne Post Office to leave. On February 24, a YouTube channel called Amagansett Press posted a 51 minute edited video of a man and his son entering the post office on a “First Amendment audit,” to see if “these folks honor and respect our right to take video and ...
Colorado judicial branch unveils free online database of appellate ...
Mar 5, 2024 · By Jeffrey A. Roberts CFOIC Executive Director. As required by a bill signed into law in 2022, the Colorado Judicial Department on Tuesday unveiled a new website that gives Coloradans free access to published high-court opinions dating back to 1864. “This new website, offering free and easy access to every opinion by both of Colorado’s appellate courts, provides anybody with important ...
C.R.S. § 24-72-204(3)(A)(III). Furthermore, if the record requested is a letter of reference concerning employment, licensing, or issuance of permits, the custodian is directed to deny access to the person in interest, a. to well as the general pu. lic. C.R.S. § 24-72-204(3)(a).The Colorado Supreme Court has held that the “letters of ...
Template for Colorado Public Records Request [Your Name] [Street Address] [City, State ZIP Code] [Date] [Name of Custodian of Records] [Title]
Amendment H: Judicial Discipline Board, explained
October 5, 2024. Colorado Public Radio: The measure would create an independent board to preside over ethical misconduct hearings involving judges and hand down consequences. It would also increase public access to judicial discipline proceedings and records. Because it changes the state constitution, Amendment H will require at least 55 ...
r lengthy records requests, the paper costs can add up. The CCJRA permits criminal justice agencies to charge the lesser of actual cost and 25 cents per page.88 That number is fairly typical, although it is on the somewhat higher end of the …
A year after the legislature passed a law on police radio ...
Aug 24, 2022 · But a year after House Bill 21-1250 was signed into law, reporters still can’t tune into Denver and Aurora police radio transmissions like they did before both agencies blocked public access — Denver in 2019 and Aurora three years earlier. Although each department has a written policy on radio access, neither has reached an …
Colorado court hearings live video streams hacked
Aug 15, 2024 · The Denver Gazette: Someone is hacking into the Colorado court’s video streaming system disrupting often-sensitive hearings with pornography, racial slurs and videos so disturbing, staff is reportedly traumatized by them. The hacks, which started in July, have happened on Judicial Webex platforms all over the state, specifically those that stream for: Jefferson County; Clear Creek County ...